Combined salad bowl drainer

ABSTRACT

The combined salad bowl and drainer contains a solid bowl and a drainer, with connectors holding the bowls in place. The bowl is made up of plastic and stainless steel, for both residential and industrial use. It rotates at a 360 degree angle, which allows the drainer to sit inside the storage bowl, the solid bowl retains the excess water from the contents in the drainer, and the drainer becomes a lid.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION

Many bowls have been created for specific uses throughout the years.These bowls have been used for fruits, pastas and salads. The combinedsalad bowl and drainer, is specifically designed for one purpose. One'spurpose is to store contents, while the other bowl, the drainer'spurpose is to wash the contents. Other products on the market thatcombined bowls and drainers, have been too time consuming and only comein one size and type.

The problem with past combination bowls and drainers have not beendesigned with the unique advantage to over come the inconvenience ofmoving contents manually from one solid bowl to drainer. The closestanalogy of the salad drainer bowl combination is the Emsa Salad Washerwith Berry Drainer, which is designed to wash and dry the content.However, the problems with this product is the number of steps it takesto use it. Instructions explain how one places the contents in thewasher, which is then placed in the sink and then pulls the cordallowing the water to follow through. The instructions then say to pullthe cord more times to spin the salad dry and then transfer the contentinto a bowl. Another concern about this product is that it comes in onecolour, presented in only one size, and is not dish washer safe.

The solution to this problem is after washing the content, one rotate ofthe wrist conveniently moves the content from storage to drainer, andback from drainer to storage without any mess. As well the combined bowland drainer would come in plastic for residential, and stainless steelfor industrial use. The distinctive feature of the combined salad bowland drainer has the ability to rotate over each other without hassle,and has the ability to sit in each other for convenient storage.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

The combined salad bowl and drainer is made of food approved plastic andor stainless steel. The bowls are connected by two plastic stripsaffixed by four studs attached to the rim of the bowls.

The advantage of the combined bowl and drainer, is that the consumerdoes not have to pour the items from bowl to drainer to bowl again, butrather the combination eliminates the inconvenience and frustration ofusing two separate bowls. Often times two bowls result in losingcontents in the sink. The main purpose of this product is to reducehandling of the content and increase efficiency.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

FIG. 1

This depicts a complete view of two bowls connected by two plasticconnectors.

FIG. 2

Depicts drainer view of salad bowl with attached studs across from eachother on top of rim are slots facing each other.

FIG. 3

Depicts storage view of bowl with studs attached across from each other.On the top of the rim two studs are attached.

FIG. 4

Depicts plastic connectors.

FIG. 5

Depicts studs on top of the rim.

FIG. 6

Depicts studs on top of storage bowl.

FIG. 7

Depicts slots on top of drainage bowls.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION

The complete view of FIG. 1, shows the bowls connected by plasticconnectors. The studs are located on top of the rim of the storage bowl,and the slots on top of the rim of the drainage bowl to secure the bowlsfrom moving or sliding. The drainer bowl is seen partially inside of thestorage bowl.

FIG. 2 shows an aerial view of the drainage bowl with slots on top ofthe rim. Studs are shown attached to side of the rim, with drainageholes in the bottom of the bowl.

FIG. 3 gives the view of the storage bowl with the studs on top of therim. The picture also depicts studs attached to the side of the rim, andon the bottom the bowl is seen in a solid form.

FIG. 4 shows the plastic strips that connect the drainage bowl to thestorage bowl.

FIG. 5 both the storage bowl and drainage bowl shows one stud on eachside of the rim facing each other to allow movement between the plasticconnectors of FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 shows studs on the rim of the storage bowl that interlock withthe slots in FIG. 7 to secure bowls on top of each other to preventmovement.

FIG. 7 shows slots on the rim of the drainage bowl that work with studsin FIG. 6 that prevent movement of bowls.

1. The unique and distinctive feature of the invention is theunification of storage and drainage bowls. Two plastic or stainlesssteel bowls of the same size and proportion link together by twoconnectors. Structure The bowls are constructed of food approved plasticor stainless steel solidly crafted for every day use. Function Thefunction and operation of the invention is the amazing ability torotating over each other by simply rotating the bowl which enables youto drain and store without any other assistance.